R 114

2003 -- S 0967

Enacted 03/25/03

S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

RECOGNIZING MACEDONIA AS HELLENIC

Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, McBurney, Gallo, F Caprio, and J Montalbano

Date Introduced: March 25, 2003

     WHEREAS, Philip of Macedonia, his son, Alexander the Great, and his tutor, the

philosopher Aristotle, were born and raised in the northern province of Greece, Macedonia; and

     WHEREAS, The language and culture of the ancient Macedonians and the ancestors of

the inhabitants of northern Greece today were Hellenic; and

     WHEREAS, The Macedonians, like the rest of the Hellenes in antiquity, believed in the

twelve gods of Olympus and participated with their fellow Hellenes in the Olympic Games; and

     WHEREAS, Pella, the palace where Alexander the Great was born, and Vergina, the

burial site of the Macedonian kings, are all located in northern Greece; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby recognizes that the ancient Macedonians were Hellenes, and that the inhabitants of the

northern province of Greece, Macedonia, are their Hellenic descendants; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the history of ancient Macedonia has been Hellenic for 3,000 years

and continues to be so today; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.

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